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# Awesome k6 [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)



A collection of resources by the community, on (testing with) k6.



Contributions are welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first.






## Contents



- [Articles](#articles)

- [Videos](#videos)

- [Examples/Templates](#examplestemplates)

- [Tools](#tools)

- [CI/CD](#cicd)

- [Extensions](#extensions)

- [Related](#related)



## Articles



- [k6 Learn](https://github.com/grafana/k6-learn) - Explanation of the principles of load testing and practical examples for how to do it with k6.

- [k6 OSS workshop](https://github.com/grafana/k6-oss-workshop) - A 2-3 hour k6 workshop with practical k6 examples using the QuickPizza demo app.

- [Beginner's guide to load testing with k6](https://link.medium.com/npI9sjDyyjb) - Introductory guide in several parts, helping you get started with k6.

- [Best practices organizing performance testing projects with k6](https://grafana.com/blog/2024/04/30/organizing-your-grafana-k6-performance-testing-suite-best-practices-to-get-started/) - Guidelines to scale your performance testing across multiple teams and projects.

  - [Part 2 - JavaScript tools, shared libraries, and TypeScript](https://grafana.com/blog/2024/05/02/setting-up-your-grafana-k6-performance-testing-suite-javascript-tools-shared-libraries-and-more/) - Stting up your k6 performance testing suite with JavaScript tools, shared libraries, and TypeScript.

- [Distributed load testing with k6](https://feryn.eu/presentations/distributed-load-testing-k6-confoo23) - Thijs Feryn presents in ConFoo Montreal 2023.

- [Load Testing with k6](https://medium.com/@dan.ryan.emmons/qa-load-testing-with-k6-io-c11c2afced04) - Brief overview of features and capabilities of k6.

- [Test and visualize with InfluxDB, Grafana and K6](https://medium.com/@naoko.reeves/load-test-with-k6-and-visualize-with-influxdb-and-grafana-c6097a6f6d0a) - Setting up load tests and visualizing them using grafana dashboards.

- [Open source load testing tool review 2020](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/03/03/open-source-load-testing-tool-review/) - Detailed comparison of the most popular open source load testing tools.

- [Load Testing Your API with Swagger/OpenAPI and k6](https://k6.io/blog/load-testing-your-api-with-swagger-openapi-and-k6) - Generate k6 load test scripts from OpenAPI specifications.

- [Load Testing Your API with Postman](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/04/19/load-testing-your-api-with-postman/) - How to use Postman collections to load test your API.

- [Load Testing & Black Friday capacity planning](https://medium.com/back-market-engineering/how-back-market-sres-prepared-for-black-friday-5f017f343408) - How Back Market prepared for Black Friday with k6 based load testing.

- [Load Testing SQL Databases with k6](https://grafana.com/blog/2021/07/14/load-testing-sql-databases/) - How to use the xk6-sql extension to test SQL databases directly.

- [Introducing TestRail in your K6 tests](https://dev.to/kwidera/introducing-testrail-in-you-k6-tests-eck) - Reporting k6 output to TestRail.

- [Beautiful Load Testing With K6 and Docker Compose](https://medium.com/swlh/beautiful-load-testing-with-k6-and-docker-compose-4454edb3a2e3) - How to run load tests using the awesome combination of Docker Compose, K6, InfluxDB and Grafana.

- [Load Testing with Azure DevOps and k6](https://medium.com/microsoftazure/load-testing-with-azure-devops-and-k6-839be039b68a) - How to setup Azure DevOps to perform automated load tests using k6, handleCallback, and JUnit.

- [K6 — Custom Slack Integration: Metrics are the Magic of Tests](https://medium.com/geekculture/k6-custom-slack-integration-metrics-are-the-magic-of-tests-527aaf613595) -  How to send k6 output results to Slack using the handleSummary callback.

- [Load testing with k6](https://levelup.gitconnected.com/load-testing-with-k6-48488c7946bb) - Using k6 for load, soak, stress, spike and smoke testing.

- [How to write three times fewer lines of code when doing load testing](https://dev.to/tarantool/how-to-write-three-times-fewer-lines-of-code-when-doing-load-testing-9lb) - Building a k6 extension in Go to test Tarantool.

- [Load Testing. k6 + TypeScript + Azure DevOps](https://alex-klaus.com/load-test-k6-typescript-azure/)

- [Performance testing with k6](https://blog.shanelee.name/2021/12/15/performance-testing-with-k6/) - On API performance testing, with Open API and TypeScript.

- [k6 introduces browser automation and Prometheus support in k6 OSS](https://grafana.com/blog/2021/11/24/k6-introduces-browser-automation-and-prometheus-support-in-k6-oss/) - From the Grafana blog: feature announcements at ObservabilityCON 2021.

- [Testing shift left observability with the Grafana Stack, OpenTelemetry, and k6](https://grafana.com/blog/2021/12/06/testing-shift-left-observability-with-the-grafana-stack-opentelemetry-and-k6/) - From the Grafana blog: a summary of Executive Director of Platform Engineering at JPMorgan Chase, Vinodh Ravi's talk at ObservabilityCON 2021.



- [Umbraco 9 - What a Performance!](https://moriyama.co.uk/about-us/news/blog-umbraco-9-what-a-performance/) - Test the performance of Umbraco v9 on Azure against Umbraco v8 and comparing Windows vs Linux.

- [On maintaining a k6 codebase, Part 1](https://filfreire.com/posts/k6_tricks_ep1) - Personal tips to maintain a challenging k6 load testing codebase.

- [Distributed Load Testing With K6](https://engineering.empathy.co/distributed-load-testing-with-k6/) - Setting up distributed execution with k6-operator and Argo workflows.

- [Load testing with k6 and k8s](https://www.toucantoco.com/en/tech-blog/tech-blog/load-testing-with-k6-and-k8s) - The Toucan DevOps team explains why they chose k6 as their load testing tool and how they deploy it on k8s.



- [CloudPosse's Load Testing Stack](https://github.com/cloudposse/load-testing) - Load testing stack using k6, Grafana and InfluxDB.

- [Real-time stress:

AnyCable, k6, WebSockets, and Yabeda](https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/real-time-stress-anycable-k6-websockets-and-yabeda) - Evil Martians adding "real-time stress" with k6 and WebSockets.

- [Scaling Confidently with the Load and Fault Team](https://robinhood.engineering/scaling-confidently-with-the-load-and-fault-team-122978333d9) - Robinhood on load testing a Kubernetes system with k6.

- [Streamlining Performance Testing with K6 and ChatGPT](https://medium.com/@monish.correia/streamlining-performance-testing-with-k6-and-chatgpt-206c6c7db82b) - Monish Correia writes k6 tests using GitHub co-pilot.



## Videos



- [k6 YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/k6test)

- [How to use k6 Cloud for load testing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncxCIuo5tUU&list=PLJdv3RhAQXNGkRCp7Q0k77n5jif4qjz2o) - A series of quick videos for getting started with k6 Cloud.

- [Intro to load testing with k6 and Grafana (k6 data source plugin and Prometheus Remote Write)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFsIgbqXbxM)

- [From Grafana ObservabilityCON: Intro to using k6 load testing with the Grafana observability stack](https://grafana.com/go/observabilitycon/2021/k6-load-testing/)

- [From Grafana ObservabilityCON: Building performance tests into your CI pipeline with k6 and Grafana, w/ Matthew Churcher, QA Engineer at Vonage](https://grafana.com/go/observabilitycon/2021/performance-testing-vonage/)

- [EveryoneCanContribute cafe: Load Performance Testing with k6](https://youtu.be/_ty40gSaaw8)

- [Playlist - What others says about k6](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdv3RhAQXNExTjuYN9ukawFHB7ucuejp)

  - [What is K6 & How to get started with k6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAq87eZ1w2U) - Tutorial using k6 Extensions for Observability by "Is it Observable?"

  - [Website Performance + Load Testing with K6 (k6.io) in 5 MINUTES!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brasMBAezJY) - Introductory overview of k6, showing how to create a test from a HAR file, by the DevOps Directive.

  - [Performance Testing your web app with k6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu1K2ZGJ_K4) - A walkthrough of the open-source load and performance regression testing tool, k6, and how to load test your APIs and websites, by Chris James.

  - [Application Load Testing with k6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQmItkazLOk) - Daniel Knittl-Frank @TechTalk Days 2021, Intro to k6.

  - [Performance Testing From Zero to Hero with K6 & Azure](https://youtu.be/71N4_2Fv3I4?si=4eoRcvQfXNJR4aaa) - Jose Luis Latorre Millas at NDC Oslo 2021.

  - [AI-Powered K6 Testing: No Code, No Hassle, Just ChatGPT! 🦾🚀](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYyPduBqGM4) - In this video, Karthik K.K. demonstrates how ChatGPT can create k6 tests without writing a single line of code.



## Examples/Templates



- [k6 examples](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/examples/) - A list of common examples on the k6 documentation.

- [k6 QuickPizza examples](https://github.com/grafana/quickpizza) - Web application used for demos and workshops with multiple k6 examples.

- [k6-template-es6](https://github.com/grafana/k6-template-es6) - Starter template using Webpack and Babel to enable ES6 features in k6 tests.

- [k6-typescript-template](https://github.com/grafana/k6-template-typescript) - Starter template using Webpack bundler to write k6 tests in TypeScript.

- [k6-rollup-example](https://github.com/grafana/k6-rollup-example) - Example using Rollup to bundle k6 tests.

- [Jahmilli/k6-example](https://github.com/Jahmilli/k6-example) - Starter template using Vite (Rollup) bundler to write k6 tests in TypeScript.

- [tom-miseur/k6-templates](https://github.com/tom-miseur/k6-templates/) - Opinionated starter templates for k6 projects.

- [SwissLife-OSS/k6-multiscenario-template](https://github.com/SwissLife-OSS/K6-MultiScenario-template) - Use K6 to implement a Multi Scenario template.

- [agilob/multiscenario-tests](https://b.agilob.net/programming/k6/multiscenario-tests/) - Running multiple scenarios at once.

- [Im5tu/template-k6](https://github.com/Im5tu/template-k6) - A K6 Performance Test Suite Template.

- [mohsenny/k6-test-template](https://github.com/mohsenny/k6-test-template) - Load testing framework.

- [kwidera/k6_framework](https://github.com/kwidera/k6_framework) - Another k6 framework example.

- [Sahanipe/pet_store](https://github.com/Sahanipe/pet_store) - Modularized scripts for the Swagger PetStore APIs.

- [lreimer/continuous-k6k8s](https://github.com/lreimer/continuous-k6k8s) - Continuously run k6 tests in Kubernetes using cronjobs.

- [luketn/docker-k6-grafana-influxdb](https://github.com/luketn/docker-k6-grafana-influxdb) - Demonstrates how to run load tests with containerised instances of K6, Grafana and InfluxDB.



## Tools



- [k6-to-junit](https://github.com/Mattihew/k6-to-junit) - Tool for converting k6 output to JUnit XML for easy use with CIs.

- [k6-reporter](https://github.com/benc-uk/k6-reporter) - Tool for converting k6 output to HTML reports.

- [k6-html-reporter](https://github.com/szboynono/k6-html-reporter) - Tool for generating k6 HTML reports.

- [har-to-k6](https://github.com/grafana/har-to-k6) - Tool for converting HAR recordings to k6 test scripts.

- [postman-to-k6](https://github.com/grafana/postman-to-k6) - Tool for converting Postman collections to k6 test scripts.

- [k6 generator](https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator) - Tool for converting Swagger/OpenAPI specifications to k6 test scripts.

- [jmeter-to-k6](https://github.com/grafana/jmeter-to-k6) - Tool for converting JMeter test cases to k6 test scripts.

- [jslib.k6.io](https://jslib.k6.io/) - Useful utility libs for k6 scripts.

- [k6 for visual studio code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=k6.k6&ssr=false#overview) - Marketplace Extension for running k6 directly from your IDE.

- [k6 for IntelliJ](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/16141-k6) - IntelliJ-based Plugin to run k6 tests locally or in the [k6 Cloud](https://app.k6.io/) from your IntelliJ IDE.

- [k6 Testkube executor](https://kubeshop.github.io/testkube/executor-k6/)

- [k6-junit](https://github.com/simbadltd/k6-junit) - k6 JUnit summary exporter libray.

- [k6-expect](https://github.com/simbadltd/k6-expect) - k6 library that simplifies writing tests in a functional way by providing a jest-like syntax for expectations.



## CI/CD



- [k6 for AWS CodeBuild](https://k6.io/blog/integrating-k6-with-aws-codebuild/)

- [k6 for Azure Pipelines](https://k6.io/blog/integrating-load-testing-with-azure-pipelines/)

- [k6 for Bamboo](https://k6.io/blog/integrating-k6-with-bamboo/)

- [k6 for Buddy](https://k6.io/blog/integrating-k6-with-buddy-devops/)

- [k6 for CircleCI](https://grafana.com/blog/2022/03/06/load-testing-with-circleci/)

- [k6 for Flagger](https://grafana.com/blog/2022/04/28/deployment-time-testing-with-grafana-k6-and-flagger/)

- [k6 for GitHub Actions](https://k6.io/blog/load-testing-using-github-actions/)

- [k6 for GitLab](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/09/27/load-testing-with-gitlab/)

- [k6 for Google Cloud Build](https://k6.io/blog/integrating-k6-with-google-cloud-build/)

- [k6 for Jenkins](https://k6.io/blog/integrating-load-testing-with-jenkins/)

- [k6 for Keptn](https://k6.io/blog/performance-testing-in-keptn-using-k6/)

- [k6 for TeamCity](https://k6.io/blog/load-testing-using-teamcity-and-k6/)



## Extensions



- [k6 Extensions](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/extensions/)

- [GitHub Topic: xk6](https://github.com/topics/xk6) - Explore k6 extensions tagged with the xk6 label.

- [Extension Registry](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/extensions/explanations/extensions-registry/) - Curated listing of k6 extensions.



### Official



- [xk6-client-tracing](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-client-tracing) - Client for load testing distributed tracing backends.

- [xk6-disruptor](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-disruptor) - Inject faults to test 💣.

- [xk6-exec](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-exec) - Run external commands.

- [xk6-kubernetes](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-kubernetes) - Interact with Kubernetes clusters.

- [xk6-loki](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-loki) - Client for load testing Loki.

- [xk6-notification](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-notification) - Create notifications.

- [xk6-output-influxdb](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-output-influxdb) - Export results to InfluxDB v2.

- [xk6-output-kafka](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-output-kafka) - Export k6 results in real-time to Kafka.

- [xk6-output-timescaledb](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-output-timescaledb) - Export k6 results to TimescaleDB.

- [xk6-client-prometheus-remote](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-client-prometheus-remote) - Test Prometheus Remote Write performance.

- [xk6-sql](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-sql) - Load-test SQL Servers (PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite3 for now).

- [xk6-ssh](https://github.com/grafana/xk6-ssh) - SSH.



### Community



- [xk6-cable](https://github.com/anycable/xk6-cable) - Test Action Cable and AnyCable functionality.

- [xk6-coap](https://github.com/golioth/xk6-coap) - Interact with Constrained Application Protocol endpoints.

- [xk6-dotenv](https://github.com/szkiba/xk6-dotenv) - Load env vars from a .env file.

- [xk6-ethereum](https://github.com/distribworks/xk6-ethereum) - K6 extension for ethereum protocols.

- [xk6-faker](https://github.com/szkiba/xk6-faker) - Generate random fake data.

- [xk6-file](https://github.com/avitalique/xk6-file) - Write files.

- [xk6-g0](https://github.com/szkiba/xk6-g0) - Write k6 tests in golang.

- [xk6-kafka](https://github.com/mostafa/xk6-kafka) - Load-test Apache Kafka. Includes support for Avro messages.

- [xk6-kv](https://github.com/oleiade/xk6-kv) - Share key-value data between VUs.

- [xk6-mock](https://github.com/szkiba/xk6-mock) - Mock HTTP(S) servers.

- [xk6-mqtt](https://github.com/pmalhaire/xk6-mqtt) - MQTT extension.

- [xk6-nats](https://github.com/ydarias/xk6-nats) - Provides NATS support for k6 tests.

- [xk6-opentelemetry](https://github.com/thmshmm/xk6-opentelemetry) - Generate OpenTelemetry signals from within your test scripts.

- [xk6-output-elasticsearch](https://github.com/elastic/xk6-output-elasticsearch) - Export results to Elasticsearch 8.x.

- [xk6-output-prometheus-pushgateway](https://github.com/martymarron/xk6-output-prometheus-pushgateway) - Export results to Prometheus pushgateway.

- [xk6-output-statsd](https://github.com/LeonAdato/xk6-output-statsd) - Enables real-time output of test metrics to a StatsD service.

- [xk6-output-timestream](https://github.com/leonyork/xk6-output-timestream) - Export results to AWS Timestream.

- [xk6-playwright](https://github.com/nicholasvuono/xk6-playwright) - Browser automation and end-to-end web testing using Playwright.

- [xk6-prometheus](https://github.com/szkiba/xk6-prometheus) - Prometheus HTTP exporter for k6.

- [xk6-prompt](https://github.com/Juandavi1/xk6-prompt) - Support for input arguments via UI.

- [xk6-sse](https://github.com/phymbert/xk6-sse) - A k6 extension for Server-Sent Events (SSE).

- [xk6-tcp](https://github.com/NAlexandrov/xk6-tcp) - Send data to TCP port.

- [xk6-top](https://github.com/szkiba/xk6-top) - Updating the current k6 metrics summaries on the terminal during the test run.



## Related



- [How They Load Test](https://github.com/aliesbelik/how-they-load) - A collection of resources on how companies around the world perform load testing.

- [Load Testing Toolkit](https://github.com/aliesbelik/load-testing-toolkit) - A collection of open-source tools for debugging, benchmarking, load and stress testing your code or services.

- [awesome-http-benchmark](https://github.com/denji/awesome-http-benchmark) - A collection of HTTP benchmark tools, testing/debugging, & restAPI (RESTful).



## Contributing



Want to help in making this list better? Yay, that's awesome! Before you get started though, please have a look at our [code of conduct](code_of_conduct.md) and [contribution guidelines](contributing.md).